ACE Dept of Art & Design

Cole’s from Newcastle (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper the complex interweaving of beauty, class, power and powerlessness that is Cheryl Cole will be explored. Cole - UK TV’s The X-Factor judge, ex-WAG of Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole, celebrated Geordie, sometime singer, fullt... Read More about Cole’s from Newcastle.

Plastic fantastic? Self-objectification and the Bratz doll (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper employ Heideggarian phenomenology to argue that the postmodern, post-industrial being’s relationship with their ‘bodily nature’ is fundamentally ‘unnatural’ in character and that the mediation responsible for this disruption begins in chil... Read More about Plastic fantastic? Self-objectification and the Bratz doll.

Nicole (2011)
Journal Article

Cartoon

“There’s no b’ness like ho b’ness”: Considering the hip-hop ‘ho’ (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Fashion has long been used to differentiate between prostitutes and ‘respectable’ members of society. Whether through state enforced sumptuary laws or less formally imposed but equally codified visual markers, the identity category of ‘prostitute’ ha... Read More about “There’s no b’ness like ho b’ness”: Considering the hip-hop ‘ho’.

Editorial (2011)
Journal Article

20 year anniversary issue of the Journal of Gender Studies

Nicole (2010)
Journal Article

Cartoon

Plastic bodies: Beings-not-of-the-world (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Employing a Heideggerian phenomenology of Being, this paper will argue that toys such as Bratz dolls, Barbie, and Disney Princesses contribute to an environment that fosters an ‘unnatural’ relationship between pre-adults and their ‘bodily nature’; ar... Read More about Plastic bodies: Beings-not-of-the-world.

Be-Bratz.com: Beings-not-of-the-world (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper will explore the impact of a gendered ‘thing’ – the Bratz doll - on the postmodern, post-industrial individual’s relationship with their ‘bodily nature’. It will argue, employing a Heideggerian phenomenology of Being, that this relationshi... Read More about Be-Bratz.com: Beings-not-of-the-world.

Nicole (2010)
Journal Article

Cartoon

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